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Report for 02/23/06

Muslims Vs Pop Star

soundgenerator reports: Breakthrough Norwegian singer Deeyah is facing death threats from extremist factions of the Muslim community after revealing a raunchy new video.

The Muslim singer, who was born in Norway but now lives in the UK, reveals the promo clip for her new single "What Will Be?" - which features her in one scene taking off a traditional burka to reveal just a bikini - has forced her to hire extra security and cancel planned concerts because of the backlash.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Crunk Rock

SOHH.com reports: With two multiplatinum albums already under his belt, Lil Jon recently began work on his first solo album, Crunk Rock, on TVT Records. 

It looks like the self-proclaimed "King of Crunk" has settled his beef with his label. Last year, Jon vowed to never record for TVT Records again, citing that TVT owner Steve Gottlieb was shortchanging him. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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GNR Crue

The Gauntlet reports: It has now been confirmed that Guns N'Roses will be making a Dublin, Ireland stop Friday, June 9th at RDS Arena.

Direct support will come from none other than Motley Crue, as that group continues a successfuful touring stint and prepares to head into the studio to record their next record.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fun with Ozzfest rumors

antiMusic reports: We love a good rumor as much as the next guy but the rumormill has been churning overtime lately, especially when it comes to certain bands and a certain summer festival tour. So we thought it would be fun to look at the latest rumors surrounding who will be playing this year's Sharonfest� oops Ozzfest. 

The latest rumored headliners for Ozzfest: 
Guns N' Roses - We now know that Axl and company are making the rounds at European festivals this Spring but will they headline Ozzfest? It could happen but then again they could easily sellout the same venues on their own and keep all the cash instead of sharing with Sharon. 

AC/DC - Given that Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, two bands that do well on their own, have done the tour in the past it's not too crazy to think of AC/DC heading the fest but again they might be better off on their own. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kid Rock Blocks Sex Tape

Rockdirt reports: Reuters reports that Kid Rock has convinced a federal judge in Detroit to block a California company from selling or promoting a video showing him and former Creed singer Scott Stapp having sex with four women after a Miami concert.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cliff Burton Remembered

Blabbermouth reports: METALLICA fan site For Whom Metallica Tolls has posted an interview with the father of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, Torben Ulrich. Several excerpts from the interview follow: 

FWMT: What are your thoughts on Cliff Burton ... how the band would be had he not died ... what did you think of him as a person and as a musician? 

Torben: "Not only as a person but also as a musician and maybe that kind of rock musician, I think Cliff was extremely precious and very difficult to replace, or impossibly so. And I say this also because he seemed to have a side to him that still was not fully unfolded, and quite possibly could have taken the band in quite a different direction from the way it went with Jason [Newsted], which is not at all a critique of Jason and his large skills and ears. But more that there was something in Cliff's background and genes that seemed to suggest that something not so muscular could have come to the fore.[see full story for a lot more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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No Cartoon Tour

Contact Music reports: Animated band GORILLAZ have abandoned plans for a world tour, because it costs too much money to bring the cartoon characters to life on a regular basis.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ghetto Hit

Contact Music reports: R+B star JAHEIM has scored his first US album chart number one at the third attempt.

The New Jersey singer's LP GHETTO CLASSICS has debuted at the top of the new chart with 152,000 copies sold.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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eDonkey Kicked

Reuters reports: Swiss and Belgian police have shut down a major component of the eDonkey file-sharing network, used mainly to trade copies of copyrighted movies and music, the Motion Picture Association said on Wednesday.[seefull story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Wembley Delay

hecklerspray reports: The future of the first proposed concerts to take place at the new Wembley Stadium is in doubt. The Stadium, whose initial cost analysis would have been more accurate if it had been done by the Chuckle Brothers, is experiencing delays in its construction. 

Music lovers will be delighted to hear that amongst those concerts possibly affected by this Wembley foul-up are hairdresser's favourites Bon Jovi, and nineties pre-pubescent fanny magnets Take That. Also on the possible cancellation list are pension-rockers The Rolling Stones.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Test Icicles Fail

CMJ reports: London's Test Icicles announced this week that they would be calling it quits after their last London gig. This means that their US tour will not go on as planned, and the band has also cancelled their appearance at NME's award show, where they were to perform alongside Nine Black Alps.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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KISS TV

Blabbermouth reports: According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, KISS entrepreneur Gene Simmons is looking to start a cable channel featuring uncensored footage of celebrities and launch it with an IPO (initial public offering, defined as the sale of equity in a company, generally in the form of shares of common stock, through an investment banking firm). As Chairman of the Board of Beverly Hills start-up NGTV (for "No Good TV"), Simmons and the Boca Raton, FL, investment firm of Capital Growth Financial filed papers with the SEC two weeks ago to take the company public.[imagine the commericals on that network! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Korn Ave

Blabbermouth reports: KORN will be honored with a bronze plaque to commemorate a "lifetime of achievement" and will have a street named after them in their hometown of Bakersfield, California. The ceremony will take place this Friday, February 24 at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, right before the band kick off their "See You on the Other Side" world tour. The mayor, city councilmen, and other city and arena officials are scheduled to appear at the ceremony.[we hear rumors they might rename the local mall after them as well... see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Trivium Maiden

TuneLab reports: Trivium will provide support for Iron Maiden's November Scandinavian tour. Dates with Trivium are as follows:

November 12th in Tampere, FIN @ Icehall
November 14th in Helsinki, FIN @ Hartwall Arena
November 15th in Helsinki, FIN @ Hartwall Arena
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Vines Tracks

TuneLab reports: The Vines have revealed the track list for their upcoming new album 'Vision Valley', which is due out on April 3rd, check it out below:

01. Anysound
02. Nothin's Comin'
03. Candy Daze
04. Vision Valley
05. Don't Listen To The Radio
06. Gross Out
07. Take Me Back
08. Going Gone
09. Fuk Yeh
10. Futuretarded
11. Dope Train[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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